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How about raw sweet potatoes, is there any indication of whether they are a good source of RS? I bought some sweet potato starch a while back. There's really no way to know how it was produced. But if it is used for cooking, it probably should be raw. It wouldn't be too hard to make some raw sweet potato flour by dehydrating sweet potatoes.

I have an old oven with a pilot light that keeps it barely warm and dry, more sanitary than leaving the plantain slices out on concrete in the tropical sun . By putting a heat source like a light bulb or a heating pad in a regular oven, a person could dehydrate food without a dehydrator.

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So, I had the opposite effect as it relates to sleep......I took a TBSP of potato starch in a goats milk, kefir, full fat greek yogurt, protein powder, frozen peaches-smoothie around 3pm yesterday, then another TBSP in my evening desert of full fat greek yogurt, honey, and raspberries......also had about 200gms of baked potato, but not cooked and cooled so probably not significant amount of RS, along with 4oz. of grass-fed beef liver for dinner......and I don't think I fell into a deep sleep all night. Now, I have had this issue off and on now for a couple of years, so it could be just 'one of those nights', but I must admit I was disappointed after hearing some of the testimonials about sleep and dreaming.......but it was almost like a steady level of glucose all night kept me awake? Any thoughts? I am relatively stress-free, did some in-house calisthenics for exercise.....

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I made some great ice cream last night: frozen banana, cocoa powder, full-fat plain yogurt, and potato starch. No added sweetener, and it tasted great! The banana was very ripe, though - I doubt it would taste very good with a greenish banana.

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I made some great ice cream last night: frozen banana, cocoa powder, full-fat plain yogurt, and potato starch. No added sweetener, and it tasted great! The banana was very ripe, though - I doubt it would taste very good with a greenish banana.

Could you be more specific in how you made it Annika? I am an ice cream addict looking for suitable substitutes!!!

I can dry sliced green plantains in my dehydrator in 12 hours, and they're dry as a bone. I'm sure my Vitamix can grind that into flour!

I have been making dried plantains for close to a year now. No way it should take a week! On a hot, sunny summer day it takes about a day and a half, inside near my hot woodstove in the winter with a fan blowing in them, it takes 12-18 hours. The best way I've found is to make a drying rack out of 1/4" stainless steel mesh (Home Depot!), make it big enough (mine is about 18" X 24") so it will hold 4-6 plantains. Prop this up so you get good airlfow all around and point a fan at it--no prob! I eat them like crackers, but yes they could easily be ground into flour. Thanks!

How about raw sweet potatoes, is there any indication of whether they are a good source of RS? I bought some sweet potato starch a while back. There's really no way to know how it was produced. But if it is used for cooking, it probably should be raw. It wouldn't be too hard to make some raw sweet potato flour by dehydrating sweet potatoes.

I have an old oven with a pilot light that keeps it barely warm and dry, more sanitary than leaving the plantain slices out on concrete in the tropical sun . By putting a heat source like a light bulb or a heating pad in a regular oven, a person could dehydrate food without a dehydrator.

So, I had the opposite effect as it relates to sleep......I took a TBSP of potato starch in a goats milk, kefir, full fat greek yogurt, protein powder, frozen peaches-smoothie around 3pm yesterday, then another TBSP in my evening desert of full fat greek yogurt, honey, and raspberries......also had about 200gms of baked potato, but not cooked and cooled so probably not significant amount of RS, along with 4oz. of grass-fed beef liver for dinner......and I don't think I fell into a deep sleep all night. Now, I have had this issue off and on now for a couple of years, so it could be just 'one of those nights', but I must admit I was disappointed after hearing some of the testimonials about sleep and dreaming.......but it was almost like a steady level of glucose all night kept me awake? Any thoughts? I am relatively stress-free, did some in-house calisthenics for exercise.....

Could you be more specific in how you made it Annika? I am an ice cream addict looking for suitable substitutes!!!

I have one of the cheap-o (not really cheap, though) Cuisinart ice cream makers. We made ice cream almost every day last summer. Mix first in bowl: couple cups of milk or coconut milk, cocoa powder, vanilla, potato starch, sweetener if desired. Pour in the machine, run 20 minutes, eat up. Variations are endless. Guar gum makes it thicker, but it's fine w/o it.